Who knew pylons were so fascinating? Science and Industry Museum Archives Manager Jan Hicks, that’s who…!
On the other side of the AC/DC battle to Ferranti, the Hopkinson brothers’ campaign for a DC supply was most effective in Manchester.
The Great Exhibition of the North opens in Newcastle today, and several objects from our collection will be displayed during the Summer.
2018 is the Year of Engineering, and what better way to join in than to talk some more about one of Britain’s many great engineers, Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti?
Curators are creative folk—and spending all day with the amazing objects in our collections can lead to some interesting trains of thought.
Archivist Ceri Forster reveals the electrifying story of some of the newest items in our collection.
Step back to a time when electricity was an exciting new phenomenon and discover how these vintage bulbs played a part in a grand new scheme of electric lighting.
Down here in the conservation department, we have been working hard for the past few months on the Wellcome Collection’s new exhibition, Electricity: The Spark of Life, which will make its way to our new Special Exhibitions gallery.